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Martin Vargic
This awesome graphic shows the incredible variety of over 500 exoplanets that have been discovered between 1988 and October 2015 - although there is some contention surrounding the first exoplanet discovery. ...

Plants and Animals
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In Golden-hooded Tanagers, males and females look very similar. Bill Holsten
The male in a pair of songbirds will usually be the brighter, more beautiful one. Itâs a classic, textbook example of sexual selection.Â Simply put, males display and females choose because sperm is cheaper to produce than eggs. But the females of some species are just as colorful and ornamented as the males (see pictures below), and the evolutionary reasons underlying this diversity is still a mystery.Â ...

Space
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The galaxy cluster called MOO J1142+1527 can be seen here as it existed when light left it 8.5 billion years ago. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Gemini/CARMA
NASA has released a picture of the biggest cluster of galaxies found in the early universe. The object, located 8.5 billion light-years from the Milky Way,Â was discovered using the Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). ...

Physics
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Artistâs rendering of two interacting antiprotons emerging from a collision. Brookhaven National Laboratory
The first measurement of the interaction between antiprotons â the antimatter equivalent of protons â has been completed by an international team of physicists working at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. ...

TENAA has been a wealth of information on upcoming smartphones this year, and several new devices have passed through its gates today. Weâre going to focus on the ZTE Nubia Z9 Max Elite, a device that is set to arrive soon with some interesting features.
The post The ZTE Nubia Z9 Max Elite specs are revealed through TENAA certification appeared first on Phones Review. ...

Elephone has been busy this year, and hardly a month goes by that we donât see or hear about a new handset from the company. Today itâs the Elephone ECOO E06, and weâve got a teaser photo to share along with some specs.
The post The Elephone ECOO E06 is teased with Helio P10 processor appeared first on Phones Review. ...

Itching to get your hands on Contana on iOS? You might soon be in luck. Microsoft will begin sending a preview version of the Cortana on iOS app to beta testers. According to a ZDNet report, some respondents to a survey Microsoft sent to Insiders asking about interest in Cortana on iOS will receive a download link via email "in the coming weeks." Testers must be located in the US. Cortana on iOS is expected go live before the end of 2015. However, given how late the testing process is set to begin, the timeline appears to be a bit delayed. Wh.. ...

Total vehicle delivery numbers for the quarter would likely be a fair deal higher were it not for supply constraints for Model X parts â in particular, for the second-row monopost seats. As of this writing, Tesla shares are up roughly 7 to 8 percent in after-hours trading, hovering around $223 per share. Still, Tesla
The post Teslaâs 3Q loss widens, but its shares rise appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

According to Rams head coach Jeff Fisher, the team and the National Football League have spoken about the issue, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. 49ers running back Reggie Bush planted both feet on the concrete and landed on his backside slowing down after a punt return in the first quarter Sunday after getting shoved out
The post Louis Ramsâ Slippery Concrete Sideline Claims Another NFL Victim appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

As reported first by TSN colleague Darren Dreger on Tuesday, Team Canada will unveil its coaching staff Thursday in Toronto and, not surprisingly, Mike Babcock will be back at the helm. This may come as a surprise given how the Maple Leafs are faring in the National Hockey League right now, but looking back at
The post Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien expected to serve as Team Canada assistant appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

The former country-NSW apprentice had a breakout season in 2013-14, winning the Brisbane jockeysâ premiership and also riding his first Group I victor when getting Tinto home in the Queensland Oaks. An Australian jockey based in Singapore, Timothy Bell, died on Tuesday night (Nov 3) at the age of 22 after he fell from his
The post Promising jockey Tim Bell dies in apartment fall âafter locking himself outâ appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

Itâs worth noting that the Flyers are still a bit of a mess. Jake Voracek, the NHLâs all-star right winger last season, had a strong performance but went goal-less for the 11th straight game, equaling his longest streak to start a season in his career. So far, it doesnât look like Dave Hakstolâs going to
The post Vancouver Canucks vs. Philadelphia Flyers â 11/2/15 National Hockey League Pick, Odds, and Prediction appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

Starting November 10, the gum will be scraped off as the âsugary substanceâ is damaging the bricks that hold up the cityâs Pike Place Market. The Wall is ready to start a new story. In the meantime, the market is holding a Gum Wall Snap! photo contest in which the victor will have their name
The post Seattleâs Gum Wall getting a scrub down appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has entered a partnership with Red Hat to include Red Hat solutions on Microsoft Azure. The tech giant is now offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux a top preference for enterprise Linux workloads on Azure. âTransitioning legacy applications and storage infrastructures not designed for the cloud has become both complicated
The post Microsoft and Red Hat announce cloud partnership, show .NET a few love appeared first on MyTechBits. ...

Researchers said that men who gulp down about two cans of fizzy drinks a day could develop heart failure leading to eventual death. The questionnaire used in the study also did not distinguish between beverages sweetened with sugar and those with artificial sweeteners. Yes, says a new study. The researchers did point out that the
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Blocking and unblocking contacts in Gmail is a simple matter of just four steps. When you block a contact, messages from their addresses will end up in your Spam folder, but they wonât know they were blocked. How to BlockÂ a Contact in Gmail If someone has sent you an email and youâd like to block them, do the following: Open the email message from that contact. Click the arrow button next to the reply button on the message. ClickÂ Block Contact Name where contact name is the individualâs name. In the popup window that appears click t.. ...

EDF Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has been chosen by Pacific Gas & Electric, the primary utility company serving the northern California community and the San Francisco Bay Area, to provide 40 megawatt-hours of "behind the meter" energy storage for its commercial and industrial customers
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Googleâs Chrome OS is a powerful general-purpose computing solution with strong dominance in the United Statesâ education market, but the search giant may have an uphill battle ahead of it to maintain that dominance going into the new year. According to data from UK analytics firm Futuresource Consulting, the third quarter of 2017 was one of Chrome OSâ lowest growth quarters in education in a long time, representing only a 3% rise year on year. Appleâs new lower-priced iPad and Microsoftâs low-priced Windows offerings like the HP St. ...

'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' is set to launch on the Xbox One on Dec. 12. Microsoft detailed the game's control scheme, and announced the specific release date and time for the massively popular multiplayer shooter. ...